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The Mercenary and the Mortician

The Silent Hollow, Book 1

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The Mercenary and the Mortician

By: Alexandra St Pierre
Narrated by: Alexander Cendese, Zachary Zaba
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What do a mercenary and a mortician have in common?

Dead. Freaking. Bodies.

Callum Walker kills people for a living. Although he doesn't get a say in who his boss puts on his list, he likes to hunt people who hurt children in his spare time. After a misunderstanding that leads Callum to believe Ryan Fairview—a local funeral director—is responsible for hurting one of the neighbourhood children, he finds his next target.

However, Ryan isn't like other morticians. He can see dead people. So, when Callum breaks into Fairview Funerals ready to kill him, Ryan is shocked to find that his would-be murderer is haunted by all the people he's killed.

Ryan might be just the man to help Cal get rid of his little ghost problem. The only problem is, these two are polar opposites, and Ryan can't seem to get over the small issue of home invasion and attempted homicide.

Will Cal win over the stubborn and neurotic mortician? Or will Ryan refuse to be swayed by the impulsive yet charming mercenary?

The Mercenary and the Mortician is a dark paranormal MM romance. It is an interconnected standalone in the Silent Hollow Series. Contains mature content. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website. Narrated in duet style.

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Can not recommend this book enough. The banter, the story and the spice is just 🤩

Amazing

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This was absolutely amazing! Would definitely recommend! Loved the MM romance! I found myself reacting out loud to what was happening in the book (which I don’t actually do very often) so I was kind of glad to not be around people when I listened to it. Enjoy!

Amazing!

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Wow. I needed a few days to fully process everything that unfolded in this story. My mind? Blown. 🤯
Cal and Ryan’s relationship development had me hooked—intense, emotional, raw and at times had me laughing. Add in the paranormal twist and it instantly sets this apart from other dark MM romances I’ve read. 🖤
There’s so much depth, so many layers to peel back for every character—you’re not just reading, you’re invested.
Now available in audio too and it’s an experience you won’t want to miss!

Tropes:
Dark MM paranormal romance
Human trafficking
Opposites attract
Gay awakening
Gore
Torture
*Check the authors trigger warnings

jess.booksandlattes

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absolutely loved every second of this! the story, characters, plot and performance was brilliant...also new narrator crush!!!

brilliant!

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This is a masterpiece of dark romance. Gripping, sexy, murderous and sweet. Beautifully written and narrated.

Wow. Outstanding

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Devoured in 2 days. Who needs sleep when you’re hearing about a sweet mortician who gets fear boners?

Fear boners!

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What a suprise. I had no idea going into this book what it was about. Loved the characters, the plot kept me interested, and it was dark and spicy, and a little rough in places but fitting for the character. Narrators did a great job. I'll be checking out more from this author.

An Unexpected 5 Star

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Honestly going into this I thought I could guess the plots the twists and everything in between but I was surprised to be wrong. I had such emotional responses for the characters and that could only have been done by a great story. The men who performed this audio should feel proud of themselves, you had done such an incredible job together.

Amazing performance and an amazing story

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I loved this book so much! The characters, the plot, the dark parts that tore you apart but mended my heart!

The ‘don’t touch him’ and witty humour of Cal, the caring and accepting nature of Ryan made these 2 perfect for one another!

This book was 5 stars for me!

Giggles & Spice

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Cal’s personality remembers me of niko from gof. Love their banter in the beginning. 10/10 would recommend

Cal

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